Hu
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“performed by a single senior surgeon”
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High
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Yes
|
Siljander
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“had completed more than 100 DA cases”
|
High
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Yes
|
Wu
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“easier to achieve femoral exposure than in general hips”
|
High
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ND
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Barrett
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“had performed over 100 DAA cases”
|
High
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Yes
|
Daas
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“first half of 2012 and 2011 were excluded, introduced in our hospital in early 2011”
|
High
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Yes
|
Fleischman
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“cases performed during a surgeon’s learning curve were excluded”
|
High
|
Yes
|
Godoy-Monzon
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“reducing the possibility of complications attributable to the learning curve”
|
High
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Yes
|
Triantafyllopoulos
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“have extensive experience and may be considered experts”
|
High
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Yes
|
Lee
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“hip arthroplasty fellowship in both the PLA and the DAA”
|
High
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Yes
|
Rykov
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“far beyond the learning curve of the DAA (> 200)”
|
High
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Yes
|
Zhao
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“the first 100 patients” “were not enrolled in the current trial”
|
High
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Yes
|
Fransen
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“had performed 120 PLA and 80 DAA”
|
High
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Yes
|
Jelsma
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“ surgeon is using his own approach in which they trust”
|
High
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ND
|
Langlois
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“undergoing their subspecialty training” “equivalent to registrars”
|
High
|
ND
|
Amlie
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“Patients registered before 2011” “were excluded”
|
High
|
Yes
|
Barrett
|
“with over 3000 PA cases vs 100 DAA cases”
|
High
|
Yes
|
Nam
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“perform more than 200 THAs annually”
|
High
|
Yes
|
Spaans
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“surgeons had an internal education” “who had used the DAA for 5 years”
|
High
|
Yes
|